🇬🇾Animals recorded in Guyana

Which animals have been recorded in Guyana? 39,109 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Seba's Short-tailed Bat, Moenkhausia lepidura, Hermetia flavipes.

• 39,109 records
• 1,200+ species
• 42 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Seba's Short-tailed Bat, Moenkhausia lepidura, Hermetia flavipes. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Guyana

	Animal	Group	Records
	Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	203
	Moenkhausia lepidura	— Characidae	139
	Hermetia flavipes	Insecta Stratiomyidae	124
	Trahira Hoplias malabaricus	— Erythrinidae	115
	Orangefin tetra Bryconops affinis	— Iguanodectidae	115
	Cyphocharax spilurus	— Curimatidae	110
	Rufous Frog Leptodactylus fuscus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	110
	Camptocerus aeneipennis	Insecta Curculionidae	102
	Red snouted treefrog Scinax ruber	Amphibia Hylidae	95
	Colletti tetra Moenkhausia collettii	— Characidae	95
	Amazonian White-lipped Frog Leptodactylus mystaceus	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	94
	White-crowned Manakin Pipra pipra	Aves Pipridae	93
	Golden-headed Manakin Pipra erythrocephala	Aves Pipridae	91
	Millet Crenicichla alta	— Cichlidae	91
	Tailspot tetra Bryconops caudomaculatus	— Iguanodectidae	89
	Giant ameiva Ameiva ameiva	Squamata Teiidae	86
	Guianacara dacrya	— Cichlidae	85
	Pike characin Acestrorhynchus microlepis	— Acestrorhynchidae	83
	Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina	Aves Thamnophilidae	83
	Bufo toad Rhinella marina	Amphibia Bufonidae	82
	Guianan Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis cantator	Aves Thamnophilidae	82
	Emerald-eyed Treefrog Boana crepitans	Amphibia Hylidae	81
	Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata	Aves Trochilidae	81
	Crenicichla wallacii	— Cichlidae	77
	Aphyocharax alburnus	— Characidae	76
	Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus	Aves Furnariidae	76
	Brown's Tetra Moenkhausia browni	— Characidae	76
	Bananaquit Coereba flaveola	Aves Thraupidae	76
	Common Scale-backed Antbird Willisornis poecilinotus	Aves Thamnophilidae	75
	White-fronted Manakin Lepidothrix serena	Aves Pipridae	75
	Mitred Toad Rhinella margaritifera	Amphibia Bufonidae	74
	Microschemobrycon casiquiare	— Characidae	74
	Moenkhausia chrysargyrea	— Characidae	74
	Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons	Aves Thamnophilidae	74
	Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo	Aves Thraupidae	73
	Trinidad Gecko Gonatodes humeralis	Squamata Sphaerodactylidae	72
	Duck-footed frog Boana boans	Amphibia Hylidae	72
	Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster	Aves Tyrannidae	71
	Burnished-buff Tanager Stilpnia cayana	Aves Thraupidae	71
	White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea	Aves Thamnophilidae	71
	Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis	Aves Thamnophilidae	71
	Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis	Aves Icteridae	71
	Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus	Aves Furnariidae	71
	Marbled hatchetfish Carnegiella strigata	— Gasteropelecidae	70
	Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus planirostris	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	69
	Scaly Jupiaba Jupiaba polylepis	— Characidae	69
	Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis	Aves Tyrannidae	68
	Guiana Thin-toed Frog Leptodactylus guianensis	Amphibia Leptodactylidae	68
	Map Treefrog Boana geographica	Amphibia Hylidae	67
	Black Manakin Xenopipo atronitens	Aves Pipridae	67
	Erythrodiplax famula	Insecta Libellulidae	66
	Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata	Aves Trochilidae	65
	Pencilfish Pyrrhulina filamentosa	— Lebiasinidae	65
	Yellow-breasted Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris	Aves Tyrannidae	65
	Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus	Aves Tyrannidae	64
	White-plumed Antbird Pithys albifrons	Aves Thamnophilidae	64
	Yellow-fin Tunny Thunnus albacares	— Scombridae	63
	Little Yellow-Shouldered Bat Sturnira lilium	Mammalia Phyllostomidae	63
	Stol's Pencilfish Pyrrhulina stoli	— Lebiasinidae	63
	Peters' lava lizard Tropidurus hispidus	Squamata Tropiduridae	63